| Author | Message | ||
     James (Jimmyg) Senior Member Username: Jimmyg Post Number: 408 Registered: 10-2002 |
95 D1. I'm changing panhard rod bushing, radius arm bushings, and rear link bushings. I do have an air hammer and basic air tools. What's the best way to change them all out and get the new ones in? | ||
| Mark Devereux (Groupw) Member Username: Groupw Post Number: 106 Registered: 12-2002 |
I took mine to the local NAPA. They pressed the old ones out and the new ones in for $8 each. | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 1143 Registered: 02-2003 |
no shit mark? i gotta look into that. | ||
| Bill Ross (Billr) Member Username: Billr Post Number: 107 Registered: 11-2002 |
I heated mine up with a propane torch until the inner sleeve and the rubber bushing got hot enough to just fall out. Then I cut the outer shell in two places with a hacksaw and punched them out with a equivalent dia. socket and a five pound sledge. | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 750 Registered: 08-2002 |
Call around until you find someone with a big press. I just called local machine shops until I found someone within a few miles that would press them out. A nice arbor(sp?) press will do it in 10 seconds. Panhard rod takes seconds, it only depends on if they have the right size "pipes" to push them out with. Other than that bush wacka seems the way to go. Anything else is a PITA. Anyone got a way to remove both front radius arms at once? I need to do those. | ||
| Mark Devereux (Groupw) Member Username: Groupw Post Number: 107 Registered: 12-2002 |
No Shit!!! I'm sure that different NAPA's are different, but if you live in Denver, Havana Auto Parts (NAPA) has an amazingly inexpensive machine shop. | ||
| R. B. Bailey (Rover50987) On Probation Username: Rover50987 Post Number: 657 Registered: 07-2002 |
Burn 'em out - the EPA won't notice one bit, and neither will your neighbors. I just saw a "Simpsons" where Sigfried and Roy were jumped by their tigers - simply hillarious. | ||
| Bill Ross (Billr) Member Username: Billr Post Number: 108 Registered: 11-2002 |
Hey, I live in the bush (N. Ontario) and we don't care about all that environmental stuff. My wee bit of rubber smoke just can't compete with the emissions from the Sudbury nickel smelters, the pulp mills, wood-burning furnances and old rattle-trap Chev and Ford pickups that haven't seen a fresh set of plugs in years. No E-check here. | ||
| James (Jimmyg) Senior Member Username: Jimmyg Post Number: 409 Registered: 10-2002 |
Ok, so I think that I can get them out, how about getting the new ones in by myself? | ||
| Bruce Potier (Brucep) Member Username: Brucep Post Number: 76 Registered: 06-2003 |
Lots of parts stores will loan you a bushing kit. The one I am using is a large C-clamp that sits in a vise and you provide the manual torque to drive old-out, new-in. These kits have several adapters and with a few sockets, you can match just about anything in circumfrence you may encounter. I find this far easier than taking parts back and forth to the shop. | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 943 Registered: 02-2002 |
If the part is still on the vehicle and the rubber middle all broken, push out the center piece somehow, and then get a hack saw inverted teeth on the inside and blade through the bushing, then cut through the outer sheath. Takes time but ones you are through the middle folds in and pops out. Although I think there are more elegant ways of doing things  This is the 17 year old's no tools method of long ago! | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 756 Registered: 08-2002 |
Those cheap c-clamp things don't work for crap. I tried this from the Autozone near me and there was no possible way it would press even the smaller bushings. Don't waste your time trying this, get a press, bush wacka or take them to a machine shop. Hacko sawing will just lead to damage. |
